RESEARCH In Dec. 2016, the United States Department of Education (USDOE) finalized guidance and regulations to address racial and ethnic disparities in special education eligibility, placement, and school discipline and…
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My Successful Transition Story
by Jordan Westwood This article is written in three parts. Parts one and two will describe how I graduated high school and college; and part three will be my ten…
U.S. Department of Education Announces $2.5 Million in Grants to Operate Centers for Parents of Children with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education recently announced the award of $2.5 million in grants to operate 23 Community Parent Resource Centers in 17 states and a Parent Training and Information…
Disability and Criminal Justice Reform
More than 750,000 adults behind bars report having a disability, with two-thirds experiencing a cognitive disability. A recent white paper by the non-profit group RespectAbility advocates criminal justice reform that…
LDA takes Action on Flint Crisis
One of the main reasons individuals join LDA is its strong advocacy for the health, safety, and education of children. When LDA learned of the dire situation with the water…
LDA Takes a Stand on Flint, Michigan Water Situation
A letter to the editor
The Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) shares the distress of parents and professionals across the country over the situation in Flint, Michigan. The damage that has been done, and will continue to be done, by the contaminated water supply of Flint, is of immediate concern.
You Understand Your Child Best: Finding Support for Developmental Milestones
It has often been said that parents are their children’s first teachers. Parents need to be aware that they are first in the line of advocacy to getting others to…
Laziness and Lack of Motivation is not the problem for Students with Learning Disabilities: A Neurological Impairment Is!, Part I
by John O. Melby An Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting was held for a student named Eddy, who has an Orthopedic Impairment (OI), due to his Cerebral Palsy. The…
Across the States: October is Here
Throughout the nation, the quiet soldiers who labor behind the scenes in our state affiliates and locals are volunteering to become a new marching band touting the good of…
Rosa A. Hagin, Ph.D.: 1921 – 2014
by LaNelle Gallagher, LDA Past President Dr. Rosa Hagin passed away on February 7, 2014, at her home in Hardyston Township, New Jersey, at the age of ninety two years. …
